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Comment by JimDabell

13 hours ago

These are known as tautological place names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_nam...

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teiferer  8 hours ago

Thanks for sharing!

My contribution to this discussion is the place in BTTF which makes fun of this concept, the home of Marty McFly: Hill Valley

Not a tautological name but an oxymoronic one!

  • UncleSlacky  1 hour ago

    You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally!

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